Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-09


least Ralph wouldn't. ! cannot ahord TO
lose both my heart and my head.
The next revelation was almost as start
ling. A sturdy, thick-set fellow accOsted
her on the terrace the following day. He
was plainly clad, but there was an honest
look about him
I'm sorry, ma'ana, that I didn't come last
summer, he said, removing his hat.
@What do you mean2 And who are your"
she demanded.
"You told me 70 come, you remember, E.
be said you wrote, mean. ! decided
10 90 with a family to the sea-shore instead,
and I've regretted it many time since.
am Andrew Jacobs, and am looking for a
place
at him, the puzzled expression
on hex face giving place to one OF indigna-
an try you. she merely said. in a re-
pressed tone. "CoEne tomorrow"
After dinner she said to her cavalier
coachman:
asir, you are at liberty to go to-day.
Your place has been filed. Strange to
say, the mans name Is precisely like
yours"
Her companion flung up his head, a
flush Of shame on his cheeks look OF
CONSERVATION in his eyes.
Miss Cavanagh, " he stammered-
aYOu need not explain the coincidence,
she grimly interrupted. You are an adj
venturer. I once had much respect for
you-I haven't any now"
His face Redeemed still more at her look
and tone Of scOrn.
Miss Cavanagh." he cried, athere are
extsnuating circumstances. Recall our
first interview"
aPray do not remind me Of that" she
sternly said. Il was expecting q Wachman,
and it was a natural mistake on my part. /
led with questions and you were mean
=. Al.
viii pay you the balance OF your wages
Then she left him with the naughty air
Of a duchess.
She had dismissed him from her house,
but she had not dismissed him from her
thoughts. He would not stay dismissed.
Her indignation burned itself out, and love
rs-asserted itself. She confessed to her
self that there were eItenuating circum-
stances, and she was sorry that they had
parted in anger.
A week later she received a letter from
him, written in a bold, free hand-sIplana-
tory, apologize, regretfuls beseachingly
tender. But he did not ask to be rein
stated in her cOnhdence-did not give his
name or addrsss-did not ask her to reply.
1t increased the mystery which enyelOped
him; it deepened her affection for him.
She grew restless and dissatisfied; she lost
interest in her pursuits and her surround
ings.
Life did not seem to have much zest in
it; pallor came to her cheeks and languOr
to her movements. The fact was Miss
Lucille Cayanagh was badly hit Her
heart was no longer her own. She Gd-
mitted it, but how was it to be remedied2
She closed the house for the winter, dis
missed her servants, and Joined her
brother at Florence. He was glad to see
her, and a little astonished-
@Why, what brought you here?" he de-
manded.
@Ralph, was getting dreadfully lonely, d"
she said.
aFretting to see me, chr" he asked with
a hug and a kiss. well, we will dissipate
that loneliness. Lucille, you haven't been
llY"
aWsl, no, she hesitatingly replied.
SOh, reserve your confidence" he said,
with pleasant little laugh. "By the by,
Dupont Westcott is here"
as he2" she asked, indiferently.
She had never seen him, though Ralph
was all the time sounding his praises.
He'll not let the time hang heavily on
your hands, Lucille. I hope you'll take to
him kindly. He is"
drop him, please, Ralph, and tell me
something about yourself"
One more he hxedly regarded her.
Lucille" he asked again, "have you
mo, Ralph" she replied, with an odd
little laugh. ave had my little romance.
cannot tell You about it. It would hui
initiate me aud provoke YOU"
"All right, sister dear" he cheerfully re-
piled. "If you are in distress, I'm not the
one to prolOng it."
Lucille, this is my truest friend Of
friends, Dupont Westcott."
The Introduction took place in one Of
the picture galleries.
Miss Cavanagh raised her eyes, and &c
her intense astonishment they rested upoI
Andrew Jacobs!
the face, and drew her breath hard. Re.
covering her self-p possession, she slightly
bent her head and said:
al am pleased TO meet you, sir"
His face changed for but a moment
His eyes held hers, pleading, regretful
conscious look in them.
They passed around the gallery chatting
pleasantly, ana yet with a neutral ground
between them upon which neither Of then
yentured to tread. In the course ola week
however he made reference to their formei
Intimacy.
"If dared to open the past. he be
gan.
"Ours, " he replied.
sOhl" she calculated, with a shrug. @.
didn't know We had any in common"
He felt the rebuff, but returned to tn,
subject She persistently ignored it. H,
| pleaded, but it was of no use. She wa
/ Furnishing him for what he had causeC
/ her to suffer.
Lucille, what is the trouble between
/ you and Dupont?" her brother one day alb
Il didn't know there was any," STAN.
mered she.
20, nonsensel" Ralph testify reioinsd
| Dupont has been very frank with me- anC
1 it would be ereditable to you to initiate
| him. That little episode shouldn't cOun
/ against him. He call at the house expect.
| ing to md me there, and any fellow WoulC
AVE availed himself Of the misconstruc
/ lion. Do you know, Sis, that he is going
| away tomorrow"
SAhl I'll wish him bon UOUdge.n
"Oh, it's all right, cried Ralph, keenl.
/ watching her. Hell stay, if you say so
1 thought may be you cared for him.
| recall that you said, that you had had you
/ little romance. But, since you don't low
him-why that alters the matter"
She spent the afternoon thinking over it
/ and concluded that it did matter. Wa
/ she not going too far? Was she not in
| creasing her wretchedness? What wa
! there to forgive, after all? Had she no
/ wished that Andrew Jacobs might prove {
/ be a rich, NOBLE honorable, high bre
/ gentleman? Her pride surrendered to he
/ love.
"Ralph, she asked, that evening, "di
| Mr.. WestcOtt intimated that he would sta
l if I asked him tor"
ayes, dear. 1t was more than an init
/ nation. If he goes you will never Sc
/ him again. He is desperately in love wit
/ you, and is suffering"
Ralph, you may tell him to stay"
That was said like the sensible siste
/ you are" cried Ralph, with hug and
| kiss"
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